Chapter 10 Quiz Answers

Question 1

The HIPAA privacy rule __________.
A. Is federal common law
B. Supersedes all state laws that conflict with it
C. Protects only medical information that is not already specifically protected by the state law
D. Sets a minimum (floor) of privacy requirements

Answer 1

Sets a minimum (floor) of privacy requirements

Question 2

Mercy Hospital personnel need to review the medical records of Katie Grace for utilization review purposes (#1). They will also be sending her records to her physician for continuity of care (#2). As they pertain to Mercy Hospital, these two functions are: 
A. Disclosure (#1) and Use (#2)
B. Use (#1) and Disclosure (#2)
C. Request (#1) and Disclosure (#2)
D. None of the above

Answer 2

Use (#1) and disclosure (#2)

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true? A HIPAA authorization __________.
A. May be revoked as long as it is in writing.
B. May be revoked verbally or in writing
C. May never be revoked
D. May be revoked, but the revocation doesn’t take effect for 60 days

Answer 3

May be revoked as long as it is in writing.

Question 4

The minimum necessary standard __________.
A. Does not apply to PHI disclosed for payment purposes
B. Applies to both uses and disclosures of PHI
C. Applies to uses of PHI only
D. Applies to disclosures of PHI only

Answer 4

Applies to both uses and disclosures of PHI

Question 5

You are a member of the hospital’s health information management committee. The committee has created a HIPAA-complaint authorization form. Which of the following items would you advise the committee to remove, as the privacy rule not require it?
A. Identification of the person or organization authorized to disclose PHI
B. Expiration date or event
C. Identification of the person or organization authorized to receive PHI
D. Signature of the patient’s attending physician

Answer 5

Signature of the patient’s attending physician

Question 6

Champion Hospital retains Hall, Hall, and Hall, a law firm, to perform all of its legal work, including representation during medical malpractice lawsuits. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?
A. The law firm is a business associate because it performs activities on behalf of the hospital.
B. a and d
C. The law firm is not a business associate because the privacy rule prohibits it from using individually identifiable information
D. The law firm is a business associate because it uses or discloses individually identifiable health information on behalf of the hospital
E. The law firm is not a business associate it is a legal, not a medical, organization.

Answer 6

The law firm is a business associate because it uses or discloses individually identifiable health information on behalf of the hospital

Question 7

Comparing HIPAA to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, __________.
A. Both HIPAA and the federal privacy act apply to all medicare records
B. HIPAA applies only to medicare and medicaid records
C. HIPAA applies more specifically to medical information
D. The federal privacy act applies only to records of insured patients

Answer 7

HIPAA applies more specifically to medical information

Question 8

Which of the following the “Administrative Simplification” portion of Title II of HIPAA not address?
A. Privacy rule for confidentially of patient health information
B. Computer memory requirements for health plans maintaining patient health information
C. Uniform standards for transactions and code sets
D. Security regulations for protected health information

Answer 8

Computer memory requirements for health plans maintaining patient health information

Question 9

Although HIPAA is not the first piece of federal privacy legislation, it is more expansive than the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, which applied privacy rules to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A. Veterans' records 
B. Federal agencies
C. Medicare and Medicaid records
D. Non-profit hospitals

Answer 9

Federal agencies

Question 10

Which of the following is not a required element of the Notice of Privacy Practices?
A. Effective date of the notice
B. Description of how to file a complaint about HIPAA privacy rule violations
C. Statement that treatment can be refused if the notice is not signed
D. List of individual rights per the HIPAA privacy rule.

Answer 10

Statement that treatment can be refused if the notice is not signed